Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989), also known as Pollo, is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...

, the team with which he debuted. Since 2014, Dueñas has become the starting central midfielder of Tigres. He played a key role in the Copa Libertadores 2015. In the Apertura 2016 finals against Club América, the teams tied 1–1 in the first leg at

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. In the historical second leg, played for the first time on 25 December, the teams tied 0-0 and went to overtime at the Estadio Universitario. At 95' Edson Álvarez scored the 1-0 for América and at 119' Dueñas tied dramatically with a header after a cross from

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, and led the match to penalty shoot-out. Nahuel Guzmán stopped three shots and Tigres became the Apertura 2016 champions.

International career

In March 2015, Dueñas was called up to the senior national team by

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to compete in friendly matches against

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and

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. Dueñas played as starter in the 3–1 victory over

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of the

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finals at the

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on July 26, 2015.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''

Honours

Tigres UANL * Liga MX: Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

: Clausura 2014 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

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* CONCACAF Champions League:

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* Campeones Cup:

Mexico *

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: 2015 Individual * Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017 *

Best XI:

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* CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament:

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References

1989 births Living people Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Petroleros de Salamanca C.F.C. footballers Tigres UANL footballers FC Juárez footballers Cruz Azul footballers Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Footballers from Michoacán Mexican men's footballers People from Zamora, Michoacán 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players Mexico men's under-20 international footballers {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub